Introduction. Ikar #1.

- What's the difference between one not knowing the 13 ikarim vs. any other part…

Natural and Commanded Ahavas Hashem

Rambam Hilchos Yesodei haTorah 2:2 and Hilchos Teshuva 10:2 state one definition/part of ahavas Hashem,…

Mitzvos Sichliyos Being Obligatory

- sources that they're obligatory - multiple halachic implications of their being obligatory

Which of the 7 Miztvos Benei Noach Are Intuitive?

Resolution to seeming contradictions in both the Ramban and Rambam regarding whether the 7 mitzvos…

Daily Teshuva & Living Reflectively

- Two different reasons to always do teshuva: 1) should die b'kedusha v'tahara and 2)…

Not Becoming Desensitized to the Eis Tzara

- Eat on R"H not due to lack of eimas hadin, but despite it. Similarly,…

Tzedek, Tzedaka, Tamim.

- tzedek == din/innocence, tzedakka == rachamim. - "Tamim" - wholly innocent

Noach’s Children. Noach vs. Moshe.

- Shem, Chom, Yafes saved as Noach's children. Two possibilities why. - Why Noach was…

Intuitive Natural Morality, the Hypocrisy and Evil of Some Reactions to the Massacre in Israel

- Ramban, Breishis, 6:13: chomos-theft is more egregious because it's intuitive that it's wrong, and…

Yiras ha’Onesh, Yiras ha’Romemus

- yiras ha'onesh, yiras ha'romemus - can't skip yiras ha'onesh - must have a knowledge-based…